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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans
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Date: 1 Feb 89 19:54:03 GMT
References: <1681@tank.uchicago.edu>
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In article <1681@tank.uchicago.edu> ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>Got my new MacTech journal.  The mag seems OK, but the product offering
>is not all that large.  But then again, they're just starting out. Perhaps
>we should give both APDA and MacTech a little while to get settled.  If
>the new APDA is indeed "pricing out" the amateur, I think we should let
>Apple know that that is not at all cool.  But let's see what happens.

APDA has been "pricing out" the amateur for some time now.  Remember
when TML Pascal II started shipping?  You could buy the whole package,
including MPW 3.0 shell (with all the utilities, manuals, etc.), for
$200 or thereabouts.  Meanwhile, APDA was selling MPW 3.0 by itself for
at least that much.

When asked why Apple was setting such exhorbitant prices, the response
was something like "we have no control over third-party pricing".

Remember, these are the people who charge you a buck (at least) per
item for shipping, when anybody in North America can pick up their
phone, call UPS, and have them pick up and deliver an enormous box
anywhere for about 6 bucks.

My only hope is that having Apple run things will at least add a
certain degree of professionalism to the organization.  Or, barring
that, at least a new toner cartridge for the Canon Personal Copier they
use to "publish" the Tech Notes....   1/2 :-)

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